Fire Science at Century College

Every fire science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the fire science program at Century College stacks up to those at other schools.

Century College is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and has a total student population of 8,203.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fire Science section at the bottom of this page.

Century College Fire Science Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Fire Science (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Fire Science

Online Classes Are Available at Century College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Century College offers distance education options for fire science at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Century College Fire Science Rankings

Fire Science Student Demographics at Century College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fire science majors at Century College.

Century College Fire Science Associate’s Program

20% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of fire science associate's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in fire science at Century College are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Century College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in fire science graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Century College with a associate's in fire science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Fire Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in fire science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Century College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Firefighters	6,840	$37,690
Fire Fighting Supervisors	630	$74,970
Fire Inspectors	120	$68,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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